The fate of three Belizean security guards of the Commercial Free Zone’s Las Vegas Casino and their American employer deteriorated today when they were slapped with criminal charges in neighbouring Chetumal for a shooting incident that occurred on the Belize side of the border. The Mexican authorities have added the serious charges of Attempted Murder, […]
And while Belizeans have been slapped with criminal charges in neighbouring Chetumal, businessman Rafael Chavez will no longer be around to represent their interests. This morning Rafael Chavez’s appointment as Belize’s honorary consul was terminated by the Barrow administration. His marching orders were to close down the Consulate by the end of the working day. […]
In the web of legal challenges in court involving Telemedia, this morning Justice John Muria handed down his ruling in the Christine Perriott case. The former Telemedia employee was let go by the company, re-instituted, and subsequently resigned her job. Telemedia was seeking an interim injunction to restrain Attorney Lois Young from further representing Christine […]
Last Wednesday when the Foreign Affairs and Constitution Committee conducted its public consultations on the constitutional amendments in Belize City, three of the hot button issues were the powers of the Senate, the mechanism to recall ministers, and that of the language of amendment three, which dealt with petroleum rights. Yesterday Prime Minister Dean Barrow […]
Following the appointment of a new board at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in March, this morning the K.H.M.H. announced the new chief to replace Dr. Alvaro Rosado as C.E.O. He is Dr. Francis Gary Longsworth who will assume his new job in mid-August. Longsworth has worked in the public and private sector in the […]
Placencia police suspect foul play was involved in the death of a man whose partially decomposed body was retrieved this morning from the waters near the Placencia peninsula. Reports reaching News Five say that police recovered the body of thirty-four year old Honduran, Nixolio Lazo around seven-thirty this morning at the entrance of the Sunset […]
Twenty-three year old Leon Walford was charged with Attempted Murder and denied bail when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. The charges relate to the stabbing of twenty-nine year old Cedrick Martinez which occurred around one-twenty-four a.m. on Sunday. Martinez, a resident of Bocotora Street, reported to the police that he was standing at the […]
A sexual assault report resulted in the arrest today of thirty-three year old Gilbert Blanco, an employee of Belize Waste Control. A twenty-one year old woman of Kut Avenue reported to police that in the wee hours of Monday morning she was rudely awakened by a hand caressing her buttocks. Her crafty assailant was apparently […]
Just before noon today, traffic came to a halt at the busiest area of Belize City, that is, the roundabout across from Pallotti High School. Normally you would find drivers breaking the law by trying to cut in front of other vehicles on the roundabout. But this time it was two large towheads that attempted […]
While traveling back to our studio our team encountered a second traffic mishap near the Pound Yard Bridge. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting A few minutes after the accident at the Flag monument was cleared up, officers were busy diverting traffic in the area of the Pound Yard Bridge. A van burst […]
For thirty years now Saint John’s College has been publishing the Journal of Belizean Studies which focuses on our history, culture and current social realities. The Belizean Studies Resource Center has now released its latest publication which deals with the issue of Governance. Co-Editor of the Journal, Nigel Encalada tells us more about this Special […]
For three days, employees of various government departments will be gathering at the George Price Centre in Belmopan to participate in an Incident Command Workshop. The event is hosted by the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. Dr. Victor Gongora is the Director of Animal Health at BAHA; he explains what the sessions are about. Dr. Victor […]
A Belize City man is crying for help to solve health hazards caused by garbage trucks parked at his home near the Pound Yard Bridge. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Colin Ebanks and his family of four are affected by garbage trucks parked in a yard across the alley in front of his house. […]
The bumpy ride on Albert Street is now compounded by the closure of various sections of this thoroughfare in the heart of the City while construction works take place to upgrade streets in the downtown area. As of six o’clock this morning, the Belize City Council closed off a section of the main artery to […]
